Congress will not make it on time to adopt a police reform legislation and adhere to Biden’s Tuesday deadline, as all the negotiators in the process are trying to come up with a solution for how far the federal government needs to go to curb misconduct in law enforcement branch and reduce violence against Black community, CNBC informed.
One year will pass on Tuesday since George Floyd was killed by the Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee on the Floyd’s neck. The Congress has still not used its full power to make changes in the US police sector, while the cries for justice and the restructuring of the law enforcement incentivized reforms as well as cuts in the budget in several states and cities in the US.
Negotiators from both parties worked several weeks in order to assemble the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and win support from the Republicans to pass it through Senate.
The biggest obstacle in reaching the deal is a provision that covers cutting the qualified immunity, an institute that protects officers from most of the civil lawsuits.
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